Senior Associate Professor
I am an associate professor in Caring Sciences. My research regards patients’ learning processes related to lifestyle habits and patient education to support a healthy lifestyle when living with coronary heart disease (CHD).
As a starting point in theory about patient empowerment I study effects of problem-based learning (PBL) on self-care after an event of CHD.
My major research interest during the latest years has concerned what effect PBL as at method in patient education in primary care has after CHD. The research focus is on beliefs about lifestyle habits and life in general after the cardiac event.
I am leading a group consisting of researchers with competence in Medical Pedagogics, Nursing, Cardiology, General Practice, Statistics and Health Economy.
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
, Vol.20
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BMC Family Practice
, Vol.19
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Journal of Medical Internet Research
, Vol.20
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A randomized study aiming to evaluate whether PBL has effects on beliefs about lifestyle habits, patient empowerment and self-efficacy to manage self-care after a cardiac event. The main study started in 2011 and 157 patients have been followed-up 1-, 3- and 5 years after the PBL intervention. The research team from HMV, LiU are: Staffan Nilsson, docent, Pia Tingström, associate professor and Tiny Jaarsma, professor.
Another study within COR-PRIM performed by Josabeth Hultberg, G.P and PhD student, regards how patients’ deal with cardiovascular medication. I am co-supervisor for JH. Main supervisor is Staffan Nilsson, G.P and docent HMV, LiU and co-supervisor is Carl-Edvard Rudebeck, professor.
I am also involved in a study about relatives’ experiences of living with a person with unexplained chest pain. Project leader is Ghassan Mourad, university lecturer at HMV, LiU.
A new project idea is research about recovery and new comprehension despite psychotic disorder. This idea is developed in collaboration with Patrik Rytterström and Rikard Wärdig, both are specialist nurses in psychiatry and have a PhD degree.
I am course coordinator in a new generic course Systematic physical examination, advanced health assessment and clinical reasoning, 7.5 credits, that starts in autumn 2020. The course is given to students specializing as district nurses; for medical care and surgical care.
I teach and I am examiner in different courses within specialist nursing programs oriented to medical care. I also tutor and examine essays on advanced level.
In the Nursing program, ground level I mainly teach in semester 5 and 6. The teaching consist of tutoring base groups and essay writing, which I also examine. In semester 6 I am examiner for seminars about caring science and for the practical part of the national final examination.
